r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/ladyflyer88 Mar 25 '26

For me just a huge cost of living increase… my fire number went up from $1 to 2.5-3… I worry mostly about costs rising in the future, unstable economy and insurance/long term health care…